What to do with doctor results?

Ok, so the results of the testing "tissue" they extracted revealed no abnormalities. I take that to mean the chromosomes and such were normal. So now what. What the heck happened to my baby. I guess I just don't understand if there wasn't an issue and everyone is so sure that I didn't do anything to cause it, then what the heck happened? How do I move on from here. I truly was hoping there was something the matter with the baby- I know that is awful but at least there would be a concrete reason. Oh, well, I suppose I could be in someone else's shoes worse off. I just don't get it.

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L.D. 2/18/04, L.F. 2/4/08, K.M. 5/3/11Angel 11/3/08 Angel 10/5/09

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If I am not mistaken, the testing they usually do is a karyotype, and that will only show certain chromosomal issues (such as a trisomy). There may still be a genetic issue. My doctor warned me about that when I asked for them to test. It has only been a week so I haven't heard back yet. Honestly I am hoping for it to show a trisomy so I know exactly what happened. I am sorry you are still left not knowing. This is all so very hard.

Yes, typically they only screen for the most common genetic mutations. Our angel was not positive for any of the common mutations. We enrolled our angel in several studies that are occurring in different parts of the country. they will perform high resolution DNS mapping. these various studies are looking for a variety of highly unusual deletions, substitituions and other various genetic/chromosomal abnormalities.

It has been over 6 weeks and the testing still continues. We wait everyday, hoping for answers.

Well it is good to know for me that there could still have been something wrong. I didn't ask in detail what genetic testing they did. I honestly just thought they did the test and had a list of everything a person has vs what the baby had and boom done. See how silly I am :-) It is good to know, and I am glad she didn't have one of the trisomy things, that would be hard for me to take I guess. Oh well!! Thanks, ladies :-)

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L.D. 2/18/04, L.F. 2/4/08, K.M. 5/3/11Angel 11/3/08 Angel 10/5/09

Vemma - improving your overall health-Nutrition for the next generation.